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-THE CAROLINA TIKES-SATURDAY. AUGUST 28, 1982 V ill ii i , ii v- . . -rC) . : m, r l-:dS'-:'' ' - V5" 9"" ' r .... rT 1 'iirsrf I ' s - I f . i S? m . - J " ' ..... " , , ' ' POOL and VIDEO In the Parkview Convience Stored Iwo video enthusiasts lake on the flashing lights and weird sounds. In the "Tin City" pool room, two pool "sharks" bang awav at the balls. MaVfield 1 Photos by Silas Pool And Video Games Battle For Quarters, Computer Is Winning By Elson Armstrong, Jr, It was not many years ago that a smooth bank shot on the eight ball in the side pocket measured a youngster's entrance into manhood. But most; of the crowded, smokey pool parlors, with the "sharks" circling the tables, pool cues poised, have bitten the dust. For the most part, they've been replaced by air-conditioned, dimly lit game parlors, lined with more than a dozen dif ferent types of video games with flashing lights and weird sounds. One exception to the general trend is Durham's Touchdown 4 r The Whole Child Day School "Your Children, Their Future'' 1111 Drew Street . purham, North Carolina 127701 ' . A new pre-school for ages 2-5 '(Math and reading readiness skills Qualified staff , i Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Limited to 18 students State Licensed For further . information, please call 82-6045 (days) or 682-6751 (after 5:30 p.m.) - Billiard Parlor, a family oriented game room that successfully blends the traditional pool hall with the modern video scene. "I've been around pool halls for 22 years," said Don McCollough, who owns Touchdown Billiards, "and I know whatTtind of image and clientel most of them have. This place is for the entire ; family. Undesirable types are not welcomed." The old pool halls could not exactly be call ed family spots The old hangoutswere easy to recognize.; They werer usually housed in rickety old buildings with painted windows io x them into manhood. The video games are not quite as macho, mostly because playing ' "Pac Man," or one of those space shootout games, doesn't cheapen a woman's reputation. So all over town, they queue up to the video machines, drop in a quarter, and take on a computer. The video rage swept across the nation, star ting in the 70s with the popular : pinball machines, and growing ever more complicated, 4,0ut. of this worldish," adchallenging as their popularity grew. Unlike pool, which emphasizes methodical skill, video games reflect the hectic, fast-paced lifestyle of the 80s. But as popular as these games lare, everyone doesn't like them. Some small towns and cities have passed or-, dinanes banning the video games that range from blasting battleships to vaporizing space ships as they dive at your space statical from, hyper space. Many adults dislike the games because they seem to consume larger and larger chunks of their - children's lives. Some psychologists warn against the games because, according to the "mind-watchers," these flashing, electronic challengers encourage aggressive, even war-like behavior. But like them or dislike them, it seems that video games are here to stay. There's almost no way to duck them. They are in grocery stores, shopping malls, and yes, even in the few remaining pool rooms. "We have videoes in our place, said one aarts. iney just come to pool room attendant, watch others play." "and it's hard to tell just And so, as far as how many people come games go, the pool-video here for pool, video or matchup is like the both," clashing of two eras: the Pretty much the same olden days when pool is true at Touchdown, was King, ana today with Billiards, at 2825 N. Roxboro Rd. Mc Collough, the owner, says the atmosphere of his place is by design. "I want to run a place that I would be proud to bring my parents," he said, "and they do come here often, though neither of them plays pool, drinks or plays the upstart video comine on fast. The only question is which will win. One pooP enthusiast said: "Pool has always been around, and it always will. These video games-will be just like disco." it'll hang on for awhile and then it will fade away. Cops To J? - You Can Get A Head Start lOn A Better Life Today! Mark August 30 on your calendar, and from 7 to 8 p.m., come by Carrington Junior High oc Lowe's Grove Elementary School to meet the Instructors in one of the area's most outstanding educational programs. These instructors will answer all your questions about Durham County Schools' evening education program that features: ' Courses that help you prepare for the GED test. . ; Self-paced courses that help you get Durham Tech's Adult High School diploma. ' And best of all, the programs are free. All you need is time and effort. Don't forget, August 30, 7-8 p.m. at : Carrington or Lowe's Grove schools. Get the Information you neel to get a head start on a better life today, prevent anyone from see ing inside from the street. Inside the large, smoke-filled rooms,, the Constant clackety-c'lack -of balls dominated the environment. Boasts flevy hot and heavy, both from players and those fellows lining the waits waiting their turns on the tables. The crowd was all men Women were not allowed in these bastions of macho chauvinism. , - Durham, like almost any other city its size, had a sizable number of , these .' pool halls, and Hayti,, 'that bustling black neighborhood, hunkered down south of the , tracks X from downtown, was billiards haven.' v Sharks from all over town came to Hayti to chalk up with some of the best pool players in the business.- It was poetry in motion, as the players circjed the tables, skillfully placing -:, high top or, bottom "english" on the cue ball, making it line up behind the next ball to be played like "the cue ball had eyes." But the bulldozers of urban renewal - swept through Hayti in thejfiOs, burying almost all of (he pool rooms in their wake.' And so : today's youngsters have to find something else to usher Stop Writing ii 1 h ' A v. , Prdfessiotial & Tradesmen Center FSerying Your Home llmprovemerif Needs' Jsts Construction And Realty; ' (second location)' Residential, Church ; . And Commercial Construction I--'.- .' ,! W ..... a mi ... v . . . ; ' iompjeie Heai -. Estate Services , ; 682-3062 . . X Sturdivant Roofing Company . Glitters, Roofing V Waterproofing 688-4944 R.MVEIsctrlc :r Residential and Commercial' ElectricatVVlring - 682-3062 Morrow & Dixon Construction Co. ; Water, Sewage Storm Drain Lines 682-0532 7 Let us Solve those' Jfdme Problems Todtf!!!; ; 291 9 Faycttevills StrcsT? at Tradesman, Do Yon Need Office Space With TCi Utilities, Secretarial And Janitorial Services? Coatact Us At Any Of The Following Numbers: . - Tate Realty Co. Leasing Aget ' I94M933 94M325 ,$82-3062.: ! i i H ii ' ii i i . r i r. By Donald Alderman Last, week, a. young woman barked Her car in a loading and unloading Many Voters (Continued From froit) Kathy Carpenter 25, a local insurance official, who says she voted for , Michaux in both primary elections. "Whether wc win or . lose. the . Democrats v and Republicans will know that wc are not to be us ed." In Warren County where blacks are the ma jority, 'and where elec tion victories have blacks controlling the County Commission and school board, voters were said to be "rolling over in happiness." "People have been calling me expressing support of the write-in campaign," says Arthur; Sutton, a disabled veteran who works to get blacks to register and to vote. 'The wind of Michaux V campaign never calmed down and people are just caught in the current. It's Michaux all the way. One lady who attend ed the meeting sums it up this way: "I'm a loyal Democrat, but I can't br ing myself to vote for Valentine or Marin. I just don't see that much difference between them.V Jack Marin (Continued from Front) citizens, he added. Hafrell disputed any ' accusation that Marin was from a wealthy background and could not adequately represent the people of the district who are both rural and urban. "Jack is from a modest background," ,Harrell said, "his father ? is a retired school teacher and he has a brother that has a gas station! in Detroit. He has a long association with the stale of North Carolina and its people," , , Finally, on the Con gressional Club, Harrell said: "They are a conser vative bi-partisan group that js against massive government control ' in zone on Parrish Street; went into a local business to deliver some packages and returned to find a police officer writing 'her. a ticket. She argued that she was unloading, and therefore could park there. The officer argued that she couldn't' park, there because, she .wis driving a private car and not a commercial vehi cle, , such as a truck. Following the long debate, the officer Void ed the ticket, but not before .'sternly warning the woman not to park in one of those zones again. V But after The Carolina .Times,: looked into ' the matter, the officer got a Earning of sorts himself. 'According-to the Public Safety Department's legal advisor, Ralph Strickland, he sent all of that the city's loading and unloading zone or dinance does not pro hibit any vehicle from parking in the zone, but merely restricts parking except to unload or load the vehicle. ' After being, contacted by a writer ; for The Carolina Times who saw the argument between the woman and the police officer, Strickland finally agreed with the newspaper's interpreta tion of the ordinance. ' Ordinance No. 889, Sect ion 12-1 52, govern - , ing parking in loading and : unloading zones, says "...the parking of vehicles is restricted to parking for. the purpose " of loadingNand unloading passengers or property." There is no reference in the ordinance to business K - truck ; :. or passenger car, and accor ding to Strickland, the ' law's intent is to allow any driver, driving any type of vehicle, to park in one Of these zones while actually loading or unloading. - Though police of-, ficials believe thai btnckiand s memo should help clear up the Tickets In Loading Zone rk v mm any , fifJ S4ttm TIMF fe-wf'S'M, : v , - l HADING I ikll ' ' '., "'1 ! '..- : f. , ,;, :,.. 1 ' : , . 'H ' - " v.''- : - ' ' ' . ' V A-:- . :X v I t j Jolly said ciiicns ' arc given a chance to cv plain why they're parked illegally if , i hey come back to the car while the officer is writing the ticket. But, according to Lt. Jolly, if the officci knows the car has beer parked there for a lon' time, the' officer is. in structed to issue the cita tion!. . Thefine, for such an offense is $2 for up to 10 daysi ajld Jthen the cost, of the ticket increases to $10. If . there's, no' response from ' the motorist ir three weeks, the police issue a warrant which can cost up to $37. To "avoid a ticket, citizens have to make a good case"; for being said. "But wc rectify our when we're wrong." Parking ticket appeals do iry to mistakes in the should be mailed to I t. Jolly, P.O., Ho 649. Durham : .Public Safctv IX'partment, , Durham. N.C. 27701, Are you an individual or self-employed business A WAGE EARNER PLAN: ! stops repossession and fortclosures ; stops all creditor contact .1, i. . ;y , s protects co-signers -V-,- yr- ".; t ;'.. v y ;) reduces ondeAtends payments to creditors l stops or reduces Interest on most debts I . 1 stops wage attachments , .i I .) Ther Is no fee for a consultation ; 1 4 Attorney at Law ' . matter, they point outV Paw ; ".incv loaning, that the loading and anf Unloading :x zonev " unloading zones pose a ; unless, of course, the of special enforcement pro-; i". saw r the; driver1: blem because motorists V.Kwing-:;df:;:.ttnloadin,'. often park there illegally According io Strickland, ' ' "Sometimes; they'll mJch of,fhe argument's park ,in no parkjng validity is abased upon . zone to run into the bank how longthe motorist; , iur a uunuic, cxpiameu ; y . .V v . ' - . tl... i . , for a restriction of the , wfr. , jouy, wno l6. . rights of blacks or any supervises ; Durham'sliPng ticket and you, other group i oul VaL trafficops. fSonietimes-nk t S unfair you can, ty. Jack works well with! they'll run into the $opx . (fPp i0"'. luhem. Jack is totally place for a minute,-and '.. -e make mistakes!. comfortable' with them. , the . problem , is that "c any opgyeise, jonyi We deal with them over sometimes those are. the phone mostly." jSome.long minutes.;' ; 3 v ADJACENT TO RTP -3 mihs. RTP-7 mins. Durham- 12mins. Duke Century Oaks Apartments IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY 2. 3 Bedrooms Fireplaces in Town houses Energy Efficient Features Up to 2Vi Baths v.'-.,vn Jogging Trail 10 Apt. Designed lor , the Handicapped Draperies WasherDryer Connections Pool & Club-yuse Private Patiofealcony . Tot Lots Indoor Handball ' Racquetball Facilities '.V,: i t mtmm ml Model Open Daily Monday-Friday 9-6 Saturday 12-4 ... " "V. ' V::. " :. t ' : " r ' ' . : '." ' ,- - " ' " ". "j ''; . , 4701 e. Cornwall!! Road ' s Phone 544-1781 Today! - - A- i
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